The West Highland Way runs along the banks of Loch Lomond, through the Highlands, across the isolated Rannoch Moor, and finally into Fort William.
I'd never considered a walking holiday before, but recently I've been on the lookout for a different kind of holiday: something more relaxing than a city break but more exciting than a beach holiday.
We did the 96 mile route in seven days. If you want to (literally) follow in our footsteps here's how our trip went. If you're feeling adventurous, you can do it in less time. Plenty of people do, but remember to pack extra blister plasters and a few extra tubes of Deep Heat!
Every journey begins with a single step. In this case that step is taken in Milngavie (pronounced "mull-guy"), a small town on the outskirts of Glasgow.The path starts under anarchway, with the words West Highland Way etched into it. If you somehow miss that, there are usually plenty of fellow walkers (dressed head-to-toe in Gore-Tex) who'll point you in the right direction.The first day is easy-going, following a gentle path through Mugdock Country Park. The route is well marked, leading all the way to Drymen unless you get confused (like we did) and begin following the path for the recently opened John Muir way which confusingly follows exactly the same path as the West Highland Way except for the last three miles.
Day two is where you get your first taste of highland scenery, starting with an uphill climb through Garadbhan Forest and up the imposing Conic Hill. The route itself skirts below the peak, but it's only about another fifty metres of scrambling to reach the top. It's well worth the extra climb for the impressive views over Loch Lomond.
The village of Balmaha sits at the bottom of the hill, providing a spot for a well needed rest. We enjoyed some lunch in the Oak Tree Inn and stocked up on much needed calories (fried Scottish pub food is always good for that)before hitting the banks of Loch Lomond for the first time. The day ends at the Rowardennan Hotel, where you can have a few drinks and some more pub grub either inside by the roaring log fire or outside on the terrace, looking over Loch Lomond.
Loaded with a breakfast of porridge and haggis, we began the hardest day of the walk. The distance wasn't a problem – day five is a lot longer – it's the path. There's a lot of scrambling along those famous bonnie banks and we were definitely glad that we'd packed the Deep Heat and a couple of compression bandages for when we made it to our accommodation that night.
At one point in the day we looked up and realised we were just meters from a herd of wild mountain goats happily grazing at the side of the loch. They were undeterred by us and even happy to pose for a few photos. At the end of day three we waved goodbye to Loch Lomond for the last time, before hitting the sack in our haunted hotel.
Take a break: There are pubs and shops in Crianlarich, about half a mile off the trail.
After another hearty highland breakfast we left Inverarnan for our next stop: Tyndrum.From the very fresh cow pats, it was obvious that we weren't the only ones using the path. Dodging the natural landmines required a certain amount of nimbleness on the toes but somehow we managed. It was all going well until we bumped into the cows who were doing what cows do best, standing there and looking mildly threatening. If that wasn't enough, they were also blocking the only exit to the path.
There was no other option but to squeeze past. We picked up the pace once the snorting and leg stamping started,hurdling over the stile in a feat of enthusiasm an Olympian would be proud of. Thankfully, we made it to Tyndrum without any further incidents.
Day 5 is the longest day. The first leg, Tyndrum to Bridge of Orchy, is fairly easy. We set off first thing, and arrived at the half way point well ahead of schedule. The going gets tough on the second leg. We soon found that out as we navigated the steep climb up to Thomas Telford's military road, a path that takes you through Rannoch Moor: one of the most beautiful, but most isolated, landscapes in the world. Look out for the wild deer, some of which are now tame enough to hand feed.
Day 6 begins with another steep climb, this time up the 'Devil's Staircase.'Don't let the name put you off: it wasn't actually that bad and once you get to the top it's all downhill for the rest of the day. After a brief break to snap some photos of Glencoe we meandered down the side of the mountain, following the path into picturesque Kinlochleven.
Day 7 was difficult asit meant closing a very short but enjoyable chapter in our lives. When we were organising this trip we'd both thought this would be the most enjoyable day, but actually crossing the finish line was more bitter than sweet. Neither of us wanted it to end. Still, the impressive views of Ben Nevis and the scenery of Lairigmorsoftened the blow somewhat.
The Way officiallyends at a statue called 'the man with the sore feet'. Given that we'd walked 96 miles to see this guy, we were keen to have our photos taken with him. Unfortunately we hadto fight our way through a bunch of tourists who were hogging it, blissfully unaware of the significance it held for us and our own sore feet.


ONE of the UK's largest carp ever has come out at 64 lb, making it the nation's biggest known common. It has been predicted to go onto break the official British carp record.
Known as Tarka, the huge common carp came from RH Fisheries The Avenue syndicate in Shropshire.
This is the former home of the controversial mirror carp Big Rig, which went 71 lb 4 oz but was rejected by the UK Record Fish Committee as it was artificially grown to near record weight. That fish has since died.
Tarka is the second biggest known carp of any kind alive after Captain Jack was caught at 68 lb 5 oz at Cambridgeshire's prolific Holme Fen. Captain Jack's captor 'Bill' didn't want any publicity or desire to claim the British record.
The official record carp is The Parrot from Berkshire's Wasing Estate at 68 lb 1 oz but that sadly died this year.
Tarka's lucky captor Mike O'Neill landed the giant common in a superb brace with a 46 lb 11 oz mirror. He certainly proved that effort pays off as he only had one carp last season.
RH Fisheries boss Rob Hales commented: "I think this fish will go on and reach 70 lb in the next two years. It was only 30 lb five years ago and is still growing.
"It's a male fish we bred ourselves and has been in the lake about seven years and is only caught twice a year and then seems to disappear.
"It was last caught at 60 lb 4 oz by Luke Edwards last winter and soon after at 59 lb 12 oz but not seen since," he added.
The Avenue also showed it could produce other future 60 lb-plus giants with two mid 50s banked within a week. Carl Sharp matted the Black Scar mirror at 55 lb 10 oz and John Lee a 54 lb 12 oz common.


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Gear4 SoundOrb Aurora Review
By Stuart Andrews February 17, 2010 12:01 am GMT
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Review Price: £199.95
Blimey! With the latest speaker dock to hit TR, it's all gone a bit 'son et lumiere'. Just in case the product shots and the name don't give the game away, Gear4's SoundOrb Aurora is not your ordinary iPod sound system. Leaving other manufacturers to concentrate on such mundane, trivial pursuits as, say, wringing great sound out of a compact package, Gear4 has looked for a way to add some new excitement to this crowded product category. The answer? A cool, round subwoofer unit that isn't just (gasp) wireless but (sharp intake of breath) illuminated. See? It's sort-of spherical (hence Orb) and it dishes out a cool coloured glow (hence Aurora).
There are more advantages to this approach than you might think. For a start, while a lot of us want an iPod docking station, we also want one that's small. The problem, however, with small integrated speaker systems is that they tend to lose out on bass and low-end warmth. Adding a separate subwoofer will help cure this, but then you end up with an ugly great box lurking somewhere near your dock. The SoundOrb Aurora fixes this by a) making the sub look attractive b) making it wireless so you can stick it anywhere in the room (or at least anywhere within range of a mains socket) and c) making the sub itself a feature, so you might actually want to have it out in the open.
Here's how that works: using LEDs the SoundOrb sub emits a cheerful ambient glow from the top, which gently spreads down and out from the translucent white surface of the module. The glow covers the whole gamut of colours from red through to violet, and you can opt whether to stick with one tone, selecting it using a rotary knob at the back, or whether to have the unit cycle through the available colours at your chosen speed.
The effect is a little like Philips' Ambilight system, only it doesn't involve any processing or interaction with the material. If you want your own living-room disco then you'll probably want something more exciting or intense, but if you just want a nice, soft, relaxing glow to add warmth or interest to a gloomy corner of the room, the Aurora does a perfectly capable job. In daylight, note, the effect is more subdued, and really rather difficult to spot at all.
The wireless bit, meanwhile, works transparently using a variant on 2.4Ghz technology. There's no need to fiddle around with partnerships or settings, and the subwoofer can sit a good distance away from the main unit without affecting the signal (apparently up to 30m). For the sake of research I actually had it working in a completely separate room, about six metres and two thick walls away from the dock. Doing so was completely pointless, given that I couldn't really hear the sub and the mid/treble speakers at the same time, but it proves that those of you with a large studio-sized space to fill needn't worry.
The main unit is a simple, stripped back little soundbar, with a black, fabric cover protecting the speakers and a curvy, white gloss plastic shell to match the sub. It's attractive, understated and the sort of thing that – unlike many rival iPod docks – won't scar refined living spaces. Instead of unsightly buttons we get illuminated touch controls for volume, plus an on/off control and another for switching between the unit's three sound modes: straight stereo, wide stereo and 3D surround.
I found these controls a little unresponsive at times, but generally they worked pretty well. The SoundOrb Aurora isn't particularly clever when it comes to supporting different models of iPod either. Where other manufacturers are playing with sprung supports or similar mechanisms, here you just get your bog-standard white plastic inserts. On the plus side, it's compatible with a wide range of models, including the iPod classic, iPod video, G3 to G5 iPod nanos, regular, 3G and 3GS iPhones, and 1G to 3G iPod touches.
Gear4 also recommends the SoundOrb Aurora for TV use, providing stereo phono inputs for your Blu-ray/DVD player, Sky/Freeview box or games console, and a component video output for those wanting to output video from their iPod onto their TV. Sound quality aside (I'll get to that in a second) it all works exactly as advertised. Meanwhile, a credit card-sized remote gives you control over volume, sound mode and basic iPod functions, though not the ambient lighting system.
Ah, sound quality. Well, the best thing I can say about the SoundOrb Aurora is that it doesn't sound bad given the size of the main unit. There's warmth of tone that you won't find in many small speaker systems, and the 5in down-firing subwoofer does a fine job of adding low-end body. What's more, the sub isn't overpowered or boomy unless you whack its volume level right up; points to Gear4 for allowing you to set this independently.
However, there are some real concerns. Firstly, while the subwoofer provides bass, it's not a particularly well-defined or articulate bass; in tracks, for instance the Bill Evans Trio's recording of One Day My Prince Will Come, where I expect to hear a clear, well-separated bassline the SoundOrb Aurora falls flat. There's just no precision or detail.
More worryingly, the main unit doesn't do a great job when it comes to clarity or high-end detail. Listen to something heavyweight with a lot of percussion or thick, distorted guitars, and the SoundOrb Aurora really struggles to make head or tail of it. Mastodon's Divinations, for example, was transformed from a heavy metal monster track into a bit of a sibilant mess, with the cymbals and drums rattling away at the high-end, and the guitars burying everything else in the middle. For similar reasons, orchestral material is robbed of impact, with whole sections of the orchestra failing to rise above a muddled mix.
For simpler songs with basic acoustic instruments and vocals the news is better, but you never get that heartstopping crystal clarity that really makes a vocal line come alive. The sort of slick pop that's been mastered with car stereos and FM radios in mind fares best of all, but at no point could I say that the SoundOrb Aurora delivered an exemplary audio performance. I've heard worse, but I've heard an awful lot better too.
It's worth experimenting with the different sound modes. The basic stereo mode is best for most styles of music, but the 3D mode does produce a wider soundstage which works better if you're trying to fill a big room with straight, punchy pop. The wide mode is, the manual claims, best suited for TV and movie-watching use, though in my experience, you'd be better off sticking to the 3D mode instead. However, if I wanted an iPod dock to double for TV or DVD sound, I'd probably invest my cash in Sony's superior SRS-GD50iP system, or look at one of the various specialist home cinema systems with iPod docks instead.
In the end, it's the old price/performance ratio that hits the SoundOrb Aurora the hardest. £200 is a lot to pay for an iPod dock, and for that kind of money I'd expect better sound. Sure, that nice, peaceful, colour-cycling glow compensates and adds some value, but to my mind it's a fun feature, not one that you should be willing to forgo great audio to enjoy.
A cool, well-designed iPod sound system with some interesting features, and family and friends are sure to admire the glowing colours. The sound quality, however, isn't nearly as exciting, and what's there isn't good enough to justify the price.
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Value 6
By Stuart Andrews
Stuart Andrews contributed gaming reviews to Trusted Reviews between 2005 and 2019. …

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This is the colorful but uncomplicated phrase that Rockefeller Center managers use to describe the thoroughly elaborate procedure in which they expect, for the first time, to hoist a gabled white nylon tent over the center's ice rink before Sunday night.
The new $100,000 tent will not enclose skaters, nor even a circus. Instead, it will house a rainbow of 10,000 plants at the 24th Annual International Orchid Show, long a harbinger of springlike weather in Manhattan.
The capping begins tomorrow night, but the rink, and its riotous complement of orchids, won't be ready for its public close-up until Wednesday. The tented exhibition will be the centerpiece of the five-day show, which will offer orchids from more than 60 international exhibitors.
There actually is a connection: the tent will be put up by the same company, Torsilieri Inc. of Far Hills, N.J., that does the Christmas tree rigging. Starting at 6 tomorrow evening, the music will abruptly stop and the ice skating will cease. Ice-freezing compressors will be turned off. And a 150-foot crane will lumber into position at the esplanade before 30 Rockefeller Plaza, right in Christmas tree territory.
The rink's legendary Zamboni-ish ice-polishing machine (actually made by the Olympia Company) will also make its departure, hoisted out by the crane. A crew of 20 will begin the installation, removing 105 18-foot-tall flagpoles lining the top of the rink, to make room for the supports of the steel-and-aluminum trusses that will hold up the 132-foot-by-116-foot tent. Work will continue overnight on Friday, through Saturday and Sunday. The ice won't actually melt until Saturday night, barring arctic weather. Then workers will begin to build the exhibit structures in the rink.
On Sunday, thousands of arriving cattleyas, vandas and phalaenopsis orchids will be secured in the underground garage Dozens of workers will then fill the rink with plants and exhibits - including five 25-foot trees covered with live orchids - on Monday and Tuesday. On Wednesday morning, more than 60 judges from the American Orchid Society will award 25 trophies, 52 plaques and 600 ribbons. The show will open to the public from noon to 5 p.m. on Wednesday. It closes Sunday, April 18.
Interest in the exquisite and ephemeral orchid - which counts an estimated 30,000 species and perhaps eight times as many hybrids - has rapidly grown during recent years; only the poinsettia is a more popular house plant. "There are plenty of orchoholics,'' said Dawn Corbett Kaam, the show's coordinator, who maintains a small forest of orchids in the windows of her apartment in the Bronx.
"There are no 12-step programs for us, though,'' she said, "because who wants to stop?"
In the United States, the New York show has the largest attendance, although the Miami Orchid Show has more orchids, according to David Horak, president of the Greater New York Orchid Society, organizer of the event, which has exhibited at Rockefeller Center for the last three years.
In 2001, the last year for the New York show at the Winter Garden of the World Financial Center, the show drew 75,000 people. In 2002, the first year at Rockefeller Center, 150,000 attended, and last year the total was more than 175,000.
This year the show will offer a program of guided orchid-exhibit tours, workshops and lectures, including a slide presentation describing a recently discovered outsize slipper orchid from Peru that has captured the headlines for its rarity, the Phragmipedium kovachii. "It's one of the most visually spectacular orchids ever discovered," said Mr. Horak, who is the curator of the orchid collection at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden.
Not surprising, other institutions at Rockefeller Center are catching orchid fever. The Sea Grill and Rock Center Cafe, the rinkside restaurants, will be offering cocktails ranging from the Caribbean Orchid (rum, cassis lime juice and pineapple juice) to the Lavender Orchid Martini (gin, Chambord and ginger ale).
A 16-foot-wide, see-through vinyl band on the tent's top will afford skyscraper views at Rockefeller plaza. But that strip of sky will be a far cry from the glass cathedral of the Winter Garden, the atrium where the orchid show previously made its home for 11 years.
At the Winter Garden, the orchid show was transformed from a local convocation to a world event that attracted thousands of foreign tourists. Previously the show had enjoyed modest attendance at places like the New York Coliseum.
Shortly after the Sept. 11 attacks, when the Winter Garden was devastated by falling debris, its staff gave information to the orchid society about possible alternative spaces in Lower Manhattan, including building lobbies and the South Street Seaport.
The orchid society sought a large and significant home, but armories and other emergency sites were occupied by rescue workers and the National Guard.
"It was a desperate period for us, and we were worried about our survival," Mr. Horak said. "Without the right space, the show could have collapsed, because the vendors might not have wanted to come in." He referred to orchid producers who gamble in advance on each show, spending thousands of dollars to grow and transport greenhouses full of orchids in their heavy pots for the exhibit and sales areas.
Ultimately, "after looking at every nook and cranny all over the city," Mr. Horak said, Rockefeller Center issued its invitation. Although the Winter Garden was restored in record time after a $50 million renovation, and opened again by Sept. 11, 2002, Mr. Horak said "the fact that our show's volume has doubled has significantly impacted the future of the show,'' adding that now the Winter Garden is not large enough.
There are still bruised feelings about this in Lower Manhattan. But Debra Simon, executive director of the World Financial Center arts and events program, said that "we are sorry for downtown that the orchid show isn't coming back, but I certainly understand the constraints they face." She hopes that a festival celebrating the city of Florence next fall can become the Winter Garden's signature annual event.
Volunteers insist that their heads haven't been turned by wild success at Rockefeller Center. "We are just a garden club, after all,'' said Ms. Kaam, the coordinator.
As for the skating rink, after Sunday, April 18, the space will revert to its habitual summer existence as the home of the Rink Bar and the Summergarden. And in the future, Mr. Madden said, the tent "could open a whole new idea of how we look at the rink, in thinking about other events."
Orchid Show on Rink 12 noon to 5 p.m.
Sales area 12 noon to 7 p.m.
Thursday - Saturday 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Thousands of vivid and exotic orchids will be on view under a tent floating over the Rockefeller Center Rink when the 24th New York International Orchid Show opens to the public on Wednesday, April 14th from 12 noon to 5:00 pm. Remaining show hours are Thursday - Saturday, April 15th -17th, 9:00 am – 9:00 pm and Sunday, April 18th, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm.
For the first time our show will be staged on the ice rink. Spectacular "orchid" trees covered with live orchid flowers will stand amid beautiful exhibits created by more than 60 orchid specialists from around the world, from Asia to Europe and North and South America. Nearly 10,000 orchids, including rare and unusual species, traditional favorites and the newest hybrids now on the market will fill the tent in large displays. Special Wardian cases will contain delicate miniature orchids. Exquisite artistic floral arrangements will be created by top floral and Ikebana designers including members of the Sogetsu School of Ikebana. Beginning on Thursday, daily tours will be led by orchid experts and complimentary lectures and workshops will be offered.
The New York International Orchid Show is sponsored by REALITIES, a unique new apparel line that was created for the dynamic lifestyle of the modern woman. This world-class show is hosted by Tishman Speyer Properties and is organized by the Greater New York Orchid Society. It is considered the largest American orchid show with its large attendance figures ( 200,000 people in 2003) and second in the world after the Japan Grand Prix International Orchid Festival in Tokyo.
The show's sponsor, REALITIES offers excellent quality career wear and casual styles at affordable prices for women. The line showcases understated elegance with beautiful fabrics and meticulous attention to detail. It is available at select Bloomingdale's department stores.
On Wednesday, April 14th, American Orchid Society (AOS) and selected international judges will judge the show. Awards to be presented include 24 major trophy awards, 30 AOS awards, 52 plaques and 600 ribbons. The Grand Champion Trophy and a $4,000 cash prize are awarded for the best orchid in the show and the best exhibit receives a $2,000 cash prize. It is unusual among orchid shows to award cash prizes. The New York show was the first in the United States to have a fragrance competition, now a highlight of the show, with special invited fragrance judges awarding the top orchids in this class.
In the Rockefeller Center Concourse orchids will be on sale from more than 40 vendors including leading international commercial orchid growers offering between 50,000 and 70,000 plants for sale. Orchid books, botanical prints, jewelry, gifts and supplies will be available for sale.
Admission to the Orchid Show on the Rink is $5.00 and free for children under 12. Displays in the Concourse and the Lobby upstairs are free of charge as is the sales area.
The Greater New York Orchid Society orchid show was originally held at the New York Botanical Garden and the World Financial Center's Winter Garden before moving to Rockefeller Center. Members of the Greater New York Society volunteer their time to create this world class show and share their passion for orchids.
Rockefeller Center is the site of numerous public exhibitions and events. Each day an estimated 250,000 people walk through the Rockefeller Plaza complex, which is home to the most famous Christmas Tree in the world.
Orchids in the lobby of the GE Building.


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By Tim Cross On September 12, 2019
The threat of increased regulation continues to loom over Google, with the recent antitrust investigations launched by 50 US states and territories adding to existing federal investigations in America, alongside similar moves by European governments and regulators. But the search giant picked up two wins in Europe today as Europe's top court ruled against two separate initiatives from Germany and Hungary which targeted Google.
The Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) put the brakes on efforts by German publishers to demand a fee from Google for using snippets of their work on products like Google News. A consortium of over 200 publishers had taken Google to court over a German ancillary copyright law which came into force in 2013, demanding as much as €1 billion in compensation.
But the German Court sought advice from the ECJ, and the ECJ today ruled that the law couldn't be enforced as the European Commission hadn't been informed of the regulation. "A German provision prohibiting internet search engines from using newspaper or magazine snippets without the publisher's authorization must be disregarded in the absence of its prior notification to the Commission," ECJ judges said.
Meanwhile, in a separate case at the ECJ, advocate general Juliane Kokott backed Google in a case against against a Hungarian tax on advertising revenue. Google has complained that Hungary's tax is illegal, unfairly targeting companies not based in Hungary, and has found an unlikely ally in the EU's competition commissioner Margrethe Vestager, who has built a reputation for challenging the US tech giants.
"The specific manner in which the Hungarian law on the taxation of advertisements imposes coercive measures on undertakings established outside Hungary constitutes an indirect restriction of the freedom to provide services which is not justified on account of its disproportionality," Kokott said. And while this decision is not binding, the ECJ follows this advice in the majority of cases, according to Bloomberg.
Both cases demonstrates how the fact that a number of investigations and legal cases are being launched against the ad industry's dominant players, these effort won't necessarily yield substantial results. As VAN has previously reported, many legal experts are sceptical about how much of an impact ongoing antitrust investigations at the federal level in the US will have.
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Songwriting duo Stargate invest in social music app Voisey
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In June, Music Ally reported on a new social-music app called Voisey, which we described as "Smule's Sing! Karaoke meets TikTok". It had just raised a funding round from investors including management firm ie music's boss Tim Clark; Platoon founder Denzyl Fiegelson and Spirit Music Group global president Rak Sanghvi. Now it's announced another investment and partnership with music-industry figures: songwriting duo Stargate.
Norwegians Tor Erik Hermansen and Mikkel Eriksen have a stake in Voisey, and will be "providing exclusive new backing tracks, designing vocal effect presets, working with standout Voisey artists and assisting with further strategic alliances" according to the announcement.
The app helps people create and share original music, and has recently expanded from its beta in the UK and Norway to the US, Canada and 20 countries in Europe.
Voisey says that before this expansion, its beta users recorded "over 350,000 new original song hooks" using the app. "We've built both an A&R early-warning system and a highly engaging new lean-forward music format," said co-founder Olly Barnes.
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Going to Sundance!!!
It's been a while since I last posted. Twenty-ten was a busy year for me. Since February, I have been working at Uncommon Productions in Waltham, MA, on The Last Mountain, a feature-length documentary film about the ills of mountaintop-removal coal mining in Appalachia. We recently found out that the film will be premiering at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, as one of 16 films in competition in the U.S. Documentary category. We're extremely excited about this news, and about the potential Sundance presents to catapult the film into the public eye.The Last Mountain looks at the crossroads we're at as a nation in terms of energy. Half of the energy we consume as Americans comes from coal. Yet, most of us are unaware of where that coal comes from and how it's extracted and processed. Part-Food, Inc., part-Erin Brockovich, The Last Mountain takes a critical look at the coal industry, and sheds light on what really goes down in coal country so that you and I can turn the lights on each day.
Activist and West Virginia resident Maria Gunnoe mourns the loss of the land she grew up on, now a mountaintop-removal mine site.
As the film's Assistant Editor, I had the luxury of pouring through the hundreds of hours of footage that was shot over the last 3 1/2 years. While I am immensely proud of the Director, Producer and Editor for the final film they created, let's just say that there was enough footage to make at least three or four more films on the subject. This is a very broad issue whose tentacles run deep. As activist Maria Gunnoe (above) says, "You're connected to coal whether you realize it or not. Everybody's connected to this, and everybody's causing it, and everybody's allowing it." If you use electricity, you're linked to this film. I'll post again with screening info as it becomes available.


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Following report of death, John Singleton's representatives say he's still in a coma
Posted 7:27 am, April 29, 2019, by CNN Wire and FOX 4 Newsroom, Updated at 09:34AM, April 29, 2019
LOS ANGELES -- The family of director John Singleton told FOX4 film critic Shawn Edwards early Monday that Singleton has died, however, Singleton's representatives say he is still in a medically induced coma.
NEW YORK - OCTOBER 25: John Singleton attends the premiere of "For Colored Girls" at Ziegfeld Theatre on October 25, 2010 in New York City. (Photo by Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images)
Singleton has been in a coma after suffering a major stroke more than a week ago.
Singleton's family had previously confirmed he suffered a stroke on April 17 but did not elaborate on his condition.
Singleton, 51, who was the first black filmmaker nominated for the best director Oscar award, is known for films like "Boyz n the Hood" and "Poetic Justice."
A show he co-created for the FX Network, "Snowfall," was renewed last year for a third season.
Singleton's peers and colleagues have expressed their affection.
"Showing love/support for a fellow black director from LA," Ava DuVernay wrote in a tweet. "He is a lovely man. Pray with me."
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Luziânia é um município brasileiro do estado de Goiás. É o sexto município mais populoso do estado, com uma população estimada em 2019 de  habitantes, ficando atrás apenas da capital Goiânia, e dos municípios de Aparecida de Goiânia, Anápolis, Rio Verde e Águas Lindas de Goiás. No entanto, é pertencente também a região do entorno do Distrito Federal, em razão de sua proximidade com a capital federal (58 km). É  o município mais populoso da região do entorno do Distrito Federal e o mais populoso de todo o leste do estado. É também um dos maiores municípios do estado por extensão de área com 3.961,100 km². Luziânia é uma das cidades mais antigas de Goiás, fundada em 13 de dezembro de 1746. De Luziânia surgiram outros municípios do estado como Santo Antônio do Descoberto, Valparaíso de Goiás, Novo Gama e Cidade Ocidental.

Luziânia situa-se ao sul de Brasília, numa distância de 58 quilômetros da capital federal, tendo como principal acesso a BR-040, a mesma rota que liga Brasília a Belo Horizonte e ao Rio de Janeiro. Localiza-se a 196 km de Goiânia, capital estadual sendo conectada pela GO-010. O município de Luziânia possui dois núcleos urbanos (centro de Luziânia e seus arredores e o distrito de Jardim do Ingá e seus arredores).

Topônimo
Seu nome é uma homenagem à santa padroeira do município, Luzia, a quem foi erguido um cruzeiro em 1746. O município, que era chamado de "Santa Luzia", passou se chamar "Luziânia", conforme o decreto estadual nº 8.305, de 31 de dezembro de 1943.

História

No Período Colonial do Brasil (em meados do Século XVIII), diversos bandeirantes paulistas saíram de São Paulo para explorar as terras distantes do litoral. Foi quando descobriram abundantes lavras na região que hoje corresponde ao estado de Goiás. Houve descobertas de ouro em diversas regiões.

Descoberta de ouro e o povoado de "Santa Luzia"
À procura de novas minas de ouro, o bandeirante paulista Antônio Bueno de Azevedo partiu de Paracatu. seguindo para noroeste até se aproximar do Rio São Bartolomeu. Após três meses, seguiu para o oeste e alcançou as margens do Rio Vermelho.  Em 13 de dezembro de 1746, enquanto descansava sentado às margens de um córrego, notou que no leito do rio havia pepitas de ouro. No dia seguinte ergueu festivamente um cruzeiro e dedicou as minas e o futuro povoado a Santa Luzia. As minas atraíram tanta gente que em menos de um ano o arraial contava com mais de 10.000 pessoas.

A primeira missa foi celebrada em 1746, pelo padre Luiz da Gama Mendonça e assistida por mais de 6.000 garimpeiros. Elevada à categoria de Comarca Eclesiástica em 6 de dezembro de 1758, seu primeiro vigário foi o padre Domingos Ramos.
Em abril de 1758 iniciou-se a construção de um rego, denominado Saia Velha, para facilitar a garimpagem. O rego tinha 42 quilômetros de extensão e foi feito em dois anos por milhares de escravos negros.

O primeiro núcleo de povoamento já era chamado de Arraial de Santa Luzia em fins do .

No final do século XVIII, a mineração começou a declinar e muitas famílias se transferiram para a zona rural, dedicando-se à lavoura e à criação de gado.

Em Luziânia também foi executado o último homem livre do Brasil antes da abolição da pena de morte. José Pereira da Silva foi enforcado na chácara São Caetano na "Forca da Mangueira", então vila de Santa Luzia, em 30 de outubro de 1861.

Mudança de nome para "Luziânia"
O arraial foi elevado à categoria de vila no dia primeiro de abril de 1833 e à de cidade em 5 de outubro de 1867. Contudo, foi somente a partir de 31 de dezembro de 1943 que passou a se denominar "Luziânia" quando foi criado o  decreto-lei estadual nº 8305, de 31 de dezembro de 1943.

Década de 1960 e construção de Brasília
Desde sua fundação, no século XVIII, até 1960, data da inauguração de Brasília, Luziânia não teve grandes marcos. A transferência da capital trouxe um surto de desenvolvimento, beneficiado pela BR-040 e BR-050. Para o rápido crescimento populacional, concorreu a legislação do uso do solo do Distrito Federal, definindo previamente as áreas para expansão urbana, além da especulação imobiliária, levando parte da população da nova Capital a procurar alternativas de localização.

Construções remanescentes
A Igreja Nossa Senhora do Rosário, remanescente do , guarda imagens de madeira daquela época e sinos de bronze. O Morro da Canastra, o Palácio das Andorinhas e a Cachoeira de Saia Velha são atrações do turismo ecológico de Luziânia.

Demografia
Segundo estimativa do IBGE, de 31 de agosto de 2014, a população de Luziânia é de 191.139 habitantes. Em termos demográficos, é uma das maiores cidades do estado de Goiás e a maior do Leste Goiano, embora venha indicando estagnação ou mesmo decréscimo sutil de sua população, especialmente a partir de 2005/2006. O fenômeno da diminuição populacional é de ordem socioeconômica, sendo percebido, nos últimos anos, em diversas regiões do Brasil. Fator preponderante desse declínio demográfico deve-se sobretudo ao maior acesso à informação por parte da população brasileira.

O município de Luziânia possui dois aglomerados urbanos principais, os quais são a própria cidade e seu centro, além de setores e bairros periféricos (que se estendem ao longo da margem da BR-040) e o distrito do Jardim do Ingá, localizado no norte da cidade, com uma população de quase 100 mil habitantes, fazendo do distrito o quarto maior do estado. O Jardim do Ingá é dividido em 24 bairros. A maioria da população residente no Jardim do Ingá trabalha no Distrito Federal.

Localização
A cidade de Luziânia está localizada no estado de Goiás, região Centro-Oeste do Brasil. Fica a 196 km de Goiânia e aproximadamente 58 km de Brasília. A cidade mais  próxima é Valparaíso de Goiás (25 km).

Economia
Luziânia tem o PIB de aproximadamente R$ 2 bilhões, de acordo com os dados do IBGE em 2012, sendo assim a 9ª maior economia do estado de Goiás.

Em 2005, foi implantado em Luziânia o Programa de Desenvolvimento Econômico de Arranjo Produtivo Local (APL) de Fruticultura. Neste município, o programa APL está promovendo assessoria técnica e tecnológica em 91 propriedades locais rurais e 120 pessoas participaram de cursos de informática básica, que faz parte de um trabalho de inclusão digital junto aos filhos dos agricultores.

Além disso, o programa APL promoveu um plano de desenvolvimento sustentável para Luziânia e região e um estudo de pré-viabilidade econômica

da plataforma comercial de fruticultura para o município.Uma visita técnica com 33 produtores rurais ao APL de fruticultura irrigada de Juazeiro e Petrolina também foi realizada.

O programa APL é uma iniciativa do Ministério da Integração Nacional, em parceria com a Federação das Indústrias do Estado de Goiás, Senai e Instituto Euvaldo Lodi com apoio da Central de Associações de Produtores Rurais, Agência Rural, Sebrae, Secretaria de Planejamento e prefeitura de Luziânia. O projeto conta com recursos da ordem de R$ 330 mil, para atender 40 associações rurais que representam mais de 2 mil produtores rurais.

Comércio

Luziânia possui um dos comércios mais dinâmicos e promissores do Entorno. Atualmente registra-se no município mais de 4 mil estabelecimentos comerciais de diversos produtos ou serviços. O setor de alimentos e bebidas representa 15% (por número de estabelecimentos) do comércio, sendo o ramo mais participativo.  Com a inauguração do "Luziânia Shopping", em 31 de maio de 2012, o comércio na região cresceu consideravelmente. Com um novo espaço de entretenimento, a população poderá usufruir de maior comodidade, praticidade e lazer no próprio município, sem a necessidade de se deslocar para outras cidades, especialmente a capital federal, Brasília.

Em breve será instalado um mega empreendimento na cidade goiana, o Alvorada Power Center (em construção). Quando concluído será o maior Shopping Center da América Latina, ultrapassando em Área Bruta Locável (ABL) o Centro Comercial Leste Aricanduva em São Paulo (atualmente o maior da América Latina).
As empresas Mirante Luziânia Empreendimentos Imobiliários S/A e São Tiago Empreendimentos Imobiliários e Participações Ltda. são as responsáveis pela implantação do Centro Comercial.

Luziânia também conta com grandes redes de supermercados como Hipermercado Da Terra, Super Max, Leão entre outras. A cidade também abriga a Goiás Verde Alimentos, uma grande exportadora de grãos e enlatados.

O Luziânia Shopping foi inaugurado em 31 de maio de 2012, atendendo a necessidade dos habitantes de possuir em sua própria cidade um shopping center para que estes não tenham que se locomover para as cidades vizinhas como Valparaíso de Goiás e Brasília. O shopping de Luziânia possui uma moderna arquitetura, integrada a dois edifícios residenciais. Várias lojas de diversos produtos e serviços funcionam no prédio que possui três pisos. Marisa e as Lojas Americanas são exemplos de estabelecimentos que funcionam no local. O  Cinema Lumière garante aos frequentadores a exibição de filmes lançamentos (estrangeiros e nacionais).

Segurança

Estatísticas
A cada mil jovens de 12 a 18 anos do município, 5,4 morrem assassinados (o maior Índice de Homicídios na Adolescência da Região Centro-Oeste) e apenas 10,7% dos homicídios e latrocínios registrados pela polícia do município de janeiro de 2009 a fevereiro de 2010 foram solucionados..

Violência e a intervenção da Força Nacional
Em suma, Luziânia ainda é considerada uma cidade violenta, sobretudo nas áreas mais afastadas do centro da cidade (onde o policiamento é menos ostensivo). Contudo, houve considerável melhoria com a entrada da Força Nacional no município, diminuindo, mesmo que de modo incipiente, o índice de violência. Ainda assim há muito a se fazer, e, neste processo, é mister o aumento e o treinamento sistemático do contingente policial; além, é claro, de uma presença mais eficaz dos órgãos relacionados à segurança pública, conforme já ressaltado. Estas ações, seja na área de segurança ou no âmbito educacional, têm papel fundamental na consolidação de Luziânia como um município promissor na região .

Educação
No que tange ao ensino superior, possui um campus da Universidade Estadual de Goiás, que oferece os cursos de Administração e Pedagogia,  além do Unidesc (Centro Universitário de Desenvolvimento do Centro-Oeste), sendo o Unidesc uma entidade privada. Possui também um campus do Instituto Federal de Goiás, o IFG, que proporciona cursos técnicos integrados ao Ensino Médio nas seguintes áreas: edificações, química e informática para internet. Além disso, o IFG detém a autarquia de uma faculdade, fornecendo cursos superiores de Licenciatura em Química e Bacharelado em Sistemas de Informação.

No que se refere ao ensino médio e ao ensino fundamental, destacam-se os colégios públicos CEMAS (Colégio Estadual Maria Abadia Salomão), Colégio Estadual Dona Torinha, Colégio Cônego Ramiro, Colégio Estadual Alceu de Araújo Roriz e Escola Municipal São Caetano, cujas notas no Ideb (Índice de Desenvolvimento da Educação Básica) foram as mais satisfatórias do município, embora ainda distantes do ideal. Igualmente, colégios particulares de reconhecida qualidade pedagógica são o Vovó Olívia, o Dinâmica e o Santa Luzia.

Esporte

Luziânia possui um clube profissional de futebol, a Associação Atlética Luziânia, que disputa a 1ª divisão do Campeonato Brasiliense de Futebol. A principal praça de esportes da cidade é o estádio "Serra do Lago", cuja capacidade é de 21.564 pessoas. O time conquistou o Campeonato Brasiliense de 2014, ganhando acesso à Série D do Campeonato Brasileiro. No ano de 2016, a Associação Atlética Luziânia conquistou seu segundo título, de forma invicta, do campeonato brasiliense.

Turismo e cultura
Seus pontos Turísticos mais conhecidos são a Igreja do Rosário, Igreja Matriz, Cruz do Desbravador, Academia de Letras e Artes do Planalto, Casa da Cultura, Estátua do Cristo, Praça das Três Bicas, Praça Evangelino Meireles, Flutuante Porto do Vale (Lago Corumbá IV), Vale dos Pássaros Resort Fazenda, Hotel Fazenda do Tacho, Cachoeira Águas Claras (mais conhecida como Cachoeira do R$ 1,00, agora com o valor de R$8.00) e atualmente construído com a assinatura de Oscar Niemeyer o Centro de Cultura e Convenções.

Igreja de Nossa Senhora do Rosário
Considerada o principal símbolo da cidade, a igreja situa-se no bairro do Rosário, próximo ao centro da cidade. A igreja foi edificada no Século XVIII por escravos. Rumores populares afirmam que embaixo do solo da igreja estão as covas onde foram enterrados os trabalhadores escravos que participaram na construção da igreja. A Cruz do Desbravador se localiza logo à frente da igreja.

Igreja Matriz
A atual Igreja Matriz da cidade começou a ser edificada em 1765, sendo inaugurada em 1767, mesmo sem ter sido finalizada. Sua construção partiu da necessidade da população de possuir um templo religioso com as proporções de uma matriz. Outro fator é que naquela época os brancos não se misturavam com os negros que frequentavam a Igreja do Rosário.

A igreja está situada na região central da cidade, na Praça da Matriz, uma das regiões mais nobres do municípios. A igreja também é considerada um símbolo municipal.

Casa da Cultura
A Casa da Cultura se localiza na rua do Rosário. Abriga um significativo acervo de objetos usados no passado, fotografias e também produções de artistas que retrataram a cultura da cidade e suas tradições antigas através de obras de inestimável valor histórico.

Praça das Três Bicas
O  artesanato de grande expressão regional transmite toda a cultura nativa das terras tipicamente goianas, que vem desde o ciclo do ouro e das grandes fazendas de agricultura de subsistência e pecuária extensiva. Retrata toda uma complexa cultura local, deixando sempre a evidência de nele participar a unidade familiar. A Praça das Três Bicas fica na região central, na área mais nobre da cidade.

Centro de Cultura e Convenções

O Centro de Cultura e convenções também  está localizado no centro da cidade. No prédio funcionam uma biblioteca, um cinema e auditório.

Parque Ecológico

O parque é um lugar agradável, com paisagens verdes, fauna e flora, propício para desenvolver atividades que trazem diferentes benefícios psicológicos, sociais e físicos à saúde dos moradores, como a redução do sedentarismo e amenizar o estresse do cotidiano urbano.

Religião
O catolicismo pode ser considerado a principal religião do município, visto que historicamente Luziânia evoluiu baseado na crença católica, deixando de herança a tradição e a cultura religiosa para os tempos atuais. No entanto, o protestantismo tem crescido rapidamente e representa grande parte da população luzianiense, com inúmeras igrejas e diversas denominações que ganham cada vez mais espaço na cidade. Há também outras religiões que predominam com menos intensidade na população do município, como o espiritismo, por exemplo. Portanto, é correto afirmar que não há em Luziânia uma religião majoritariamente dominante, sobretudo é inegável a importância da religião católica na evolução histórica e cultural do município.

Comunicações

Televisão
Em Luziânia está a sede de uma das emissoras de TV da Rede Anhanguera, afiliada à Rede Globo, a TV Anhanguera Luziânia, que opera no canal 16 UHF em sinal digital desde agosto de 2010. O sinal da emissora atende a Microrregião do Entorno do Distrito Federal.

 Geradora

 TV Anhanguera Luziânia - canal UHF 16 (22.1) digital - Rede Globo

 Retramissoras

 RecordTV Brasília - canal UHF 22 (8.1) digital - RecordTV
 TV Serra Dourada - canal UHF 39 (38.1) digital - SBT
 Rede Vida - canal UHF 41 (41.1) digital
 TV Canção Nova - canal UHF 42 (42.1) digital
 RIT - canal UHF 45 (45.1) digital

Site de Notícias

Rádio
Luziânia possui quatro estações de rádio, sendo uma delas direcionada à capital federal.

 90.9 - Supra FM
 92.9 - Boas Novas Brasília (Rádio Deus é Amor)
 98.1 - Faixa comunitária (Luziânia FM)
 103.5 - 103 FM

Política e administração

Prefeitura e Poder Executivo
O atual prefeito de Luziânia é Diego Vaz Sorgatto (DEM), sendo eleito prefeito de Luziânia nas eleições municipais de 2020 e assumindo o cargo em 01 de janeiro de 2021.

Câmara Municipal
A Câmara Municipal de Luziânia é composta por 21 parlamentares. Conta com 13 departamentos que auxiliam no funcionamento da casa. Atualmente, na Câmara contém 12 comissões, todas permanentes.

Serviços públicos

Transporte coletivo
Luziânia possui a rede Transcoluz que opera dentro do município, atende a população de Luziânia e Jardim do Ingá. Para o transporte regional que integra Luziânia ao restante da região do entorno do Distrito Federal, Luziânia conta com a Central Expresso.

A precariedade do serviço e as altas tarifas cobradas pelas empresas de transporte são muitas vezes denunciadas pela população, que constantemente tem gerado manifestações populares não só em Luziânia mas nas demais cidades do entorno do DF.

Transporte rodoviário
Luziânia possui uma rodoviária interestadual tendo como principal destino a capital goiana, além de Catalão e Caldas Novas. Estas são algumas empresas de viagens que atuam em Luziânia: Santa Luzia, Transleles Transporte e Turismo, Alfa Viação Transportes, Emtram – Empresa de Transportes Macaubense, Expresso Araguari e outras diversas empresas.

Saúde
A rede pública de saúde é composta por:
 03 hospitais públicos: o CAIS, o Hospital Estadual de Luziânia e o Hospital Municipal de Jardim Ingá;
 02 Unidade de Pronto Atendimento (UPA);
 01 Clínica de Especialidades;
 01 Clínica de Psicologia;
 20 centros de saúde e 17 Unidades Básicas de Saúde (UBS) em construção;
 01 Centro de Atenção Psicossocial - CAPS
Em relação à rede privada de saúde a cidade conta 01 hospital - Hospital Santa Luzia - e 01 policlínica - Policlínica Luziânia. Há várias clínicas particulares no município.

Casos de dengue
Em Luziânia, registra-se um dos mais altos índices de casos dengue do estado de Goiás e de todo o Brasil. Em 2014, o município ocupou a 2ª posição no ranking estadual de número de casos de dengue, ficando atrás apenas da capital, Goiânia, além de estar também entre as cidades com mais casos da doença em todo Brasil, segundo o levantamento feito pelo Ministério da Saúde em 2014.

Em 2016, o município continua apresentando elevado número de casos de dengue, registrando 140 casos somente na primeira quinzena do mês de janeiro, deixando governo municipal e estadual em alerta mais uma vez.

Bairros, setores e distritos
Centro • Chácaras Marajoara • Cidade Industrial Fracaroli •  Cidade Osfaya • Distrito Industrial de Luziânia (Dial) • Engenheiro Jofre Parada • Jardim Bandeirantes • Jardim Brasília Sul • Jardim Central • Jardim Cerejeira • Jardim do Ingá • Parque Jardim São Paulo • Jardim do Ingá Gleba B • Jardim Europa • Jardim Flamboyant • Jardim Jóckei Clube • Jardim Luzília • Jardim Marília • Jardim Planalto • Jardim São Paulo • Jardim Zuleika • Maniratuba • Mansões de Recreio Estrela Dalva II • Mansões de Recreio Estrela Dalva VIII • Parque Alvorada I • Parque Alvorada II • Parque Alvorada III • Parque Belo Horizonte • Parque Cruzeiro do Sul • Parque da Saudade • Parque do Cerrado • Parque Estrela Dalva I • Parque Estrela Dalva II • Parque Estrela Dalva III • Parque Estrela Dalva VI • Parque Estrela Dalva V  • Parque Estrela Dalva VI • Parque Estrela Dalva VII • Parque Estrela Dalva VIII • Parque Estrela Dalva IX • Parque Estrela Dalva X • Parque Industrial Mingone I • Parque Industrial Mingone II • Parque Industrial São José • Parque JK • Parque Nova Iguaçu • Parque Residencial Faro • Parque Santa Fé • Parque São Judas Tadeu • Parque São Sebastião • Parque Sol Nascente • Parque Três Poderes • Residencial Alto das Caraíbas • Residencial Copaíbas • Rosário • Santa Edwirges • Santa Luzia • São Caetano • Setor Aeroporto • Setor Fumal • Setor Leste • Setor Mandu • Setor Mandu II • Setor Norte • Setor Norte Maravilha • Setor Presidente Kennedy • SHIS • Sion - Viegas • Vila Esperança • Vila Guará • Vila Juracy • Vila Portuguesa • Vila Roriz • Vila Santa Luzia • Vila São José.

Ver também
 Lista dos municípios do estado de Goiás
 Lista de municípios do Brasil acima de cem mil habitantes

Ligações externas

Fundações no Brasil na década de 1740

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Abstract : Sliced inverse regression (SIR) and related methods were introduced in order to reduce the dimensionality of regression problems. In general semiparametric regression framework, these methods determine linear combinations of a set of explanatory variables X related to the response variable Y, without losing information on the conditional distribution of Y given X. They are based on a "slicing step" in the population and sample versions. They are sensitive to the choice of the number H of slices, and this is particularly true for SIR-II and SAVE methods. At the moment there are no theoretical results nor practical techniques which allows the user to choose an appropriate number of slices. In this paper, we propose an approach based on the quality of the estimation of the effective dimension reduction (EDR) space: the square trace correlation between the true EDR space and its estimate can be used as goodness of estimation. We introduce a naïve bootstrap estimation of the square trace correlation criterion to allow selection of an "optimal" number of slices. Moreover, this criterion can also simultaneously select the corresponding suitable dimension K (number of the linear combination of X). From a practical point of view, the choice of these two parameters H and K is essential. We propose a 3D-graphical tool, implemented in R, which can be useful to select the suitable couple (H, K). An R package named "edrGraphicalTools" has been developed. In this article, we focus on the SIR-I, SIR-II and SAVE methods. Moreover the proposed criterion can be use to determine which method seems to be efficient to recover the EDR space, that is the structure between Y and X. We indicate how the proposed criterion can be used in practice. A simulation study is performed to illustrate the behavior of this approach and the need for selecting properly the number H of slices and the dimension K. A short real-data example is also provided.


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Sany branches out
By Chris Sleight27 February 2008
Sany Heavy Industry, one of China's largest construction equipment manufacturers, has started to build a new factory in Georgia, US. The company says it will invest US$ 60 million in the facility, the first construction equipment factory in the US under Chinese ownership.
According to Sany executive vice president Zhou Fugui, the factory will take about 18 months to construct.
Sany has a range of more than 120 products, including concrete pumps, compaction equipment, crawler cranes, drills and earthmoving equipment. It is not yet clear which of these will be produced at the US factory, but concrete pumps are likely to be high on the list. Sany is China's market leader in concrete pumps, with the capacity for 1000 truck–mounted boom pumps per year at its factory in Changsha, Hunan province.
Last November Sany invested US$ 60 million in a new factory in Pune, India. It will produce a range of equipment for the Indian market, including truck and trailer concrete pumps, concrete batching plants, mixer trucks and motor graders.
The company aims to reach a production capacity of US$ 500 million at the US factory within five years. "We want to reach revenues of RMB 30 billion (US$ 4 billion) in the next five years," said Mr Zhou.
He added, "At the moment we want to develop our own business, but in the future we may look at acquisitions."
Business & Finance Equipment General Road, Concrete, and Asphalt Equipment Concrete Pumps Construction


These macaroon bites are for someone with a sweet tooth! They are such a refreshing cookie to bring to any sporting event as they are unexpected and delicious! This is the last of the Game Night recipes for the upcoming World Series and playoff games but you can find the previous two for the Pesto and Kale Cauliflower Pizza Crust and the Delicious 4 layer dip here.
Whenever I go to any party my first thought is to make a B line for the food table and quickly ingest something sweet without hesitation. Since the first two recipes are savory I wanted to throw in a delicious and simple coconut and almond macaroon recipe. These little bites are filled with flavor from the blended nutty almonds, creamy coconut, sweet honey and hint of vanilla. The best part about these bite size cookies is how easy the recipe is - a food processor is the only thing you will need! They are a great treat to have at a party as there is no clean up and no need for a napkin. These cookies are also packed with nutrition from the almonds, almond milk, honey and coconut, which make for a great afternoon snack when you are feeling low on energy! You can even make these in bulk and store them in your refrigerator for the week ahead.
The almond milk that keeps these cookies together is a great source of vitamin E, keeping your skin hydrated and creating the glow effect so often talked about. The almonds also contain vital brain nutrients, such as L-carnitine and riboflavin, which can increase brain activity. Almonds are also high in fiber, helping to keep you full and satisfied, while normalizing bowl movements.
I hope you enjoy these cookies as they are a great excuse to eat something healthy and sweet during any event, at work or university. Cheers!
Start by placing the almonds and coconut flakes into a food processor and blend until a flour like crumble forms, 2-3 minutes. Simply add the remaining ingredients to the food processor and blend until combined. Taste the mixture to see if you would like to sweeten or add a splash of lemon juice. Roll into small balls and place in the refrigerator for 30 minutes to harden. Now roll the coconut macaroons in the extra shredded coconut flakes. Store in the refrigerator or freezer and enjoy!


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Atomistry » Bismuth » Chemical Properties » Bismuth Trichloride
Bismuth Trichloride »
Bismuth Trichloride, BiCl3
Bismuth Trichloride, BiCl3, appears to have been prepared first by Boyle in 1664, and later by Poli in 1713, by heating a mixture of bismuth and mercuric chloride. It may also be obtained by the direct union of the elements; by the action of hydrochloric acid upon bismuth in the presence of air, concentrated hydrochloric acid upon bismuth trioxide, pentoxide or trisulphide, or aqua regia upon bismuth; by heating bismuth trioxide, pentoxide or trisulphide in a current of chlorine, the oxides in a current of hydrogen chloride, or bismuth with phosphorus trichloride; or by the action of silicon tetrachloride or sulphur monochloride on bismuth trioxide.
The trichloride is usually prepared by heating bismuth in a rapid current of chlorine and subliming the product in an atmosphere of carbon dioxide; by dissolving bismuth in aqua regia, evaporating the solution to dryness and distilling the residue in an atmosphere of carbon dioxide; or by dissolving bismuth trioxide in hydrochloric acid and proceeding as in the previous method.
Bismuth trichloride forms a snow-white opaque mass which can be crystallised by sublimation, the crystalline mass darkening on exposure to light. Its density is 4.75 at 20° C.; the thermal coefficient of expansion between 20° and 120° C. is approximately 167×10-6; and the molecular volume at low temperatures, calculated from the density at -194° C. and the thermal coefficient of expansion, is 64.2.
The melting point is 232° C. The density of the molten trichloride varies linearly between 250° C. and 350° C. according to the expression
D4t = 4.438 - 0.00229t
The surface tension, determined by the method of maximum bubble pressure in an atmosphere of nitrogen, and other data for the density, are as follows:
Temp., ° C. 271 304 331 353 382
Density, D4t 3.811 3.735 3.682 3.621 3.554
Surface Tension (dynes per cm.) 66.2 61.8 58.1 55.3 52.0
The variation of the viscosity of fused bismuth trichloride with temperature is given below.
Temp., ° C. 260 270 280 290 300 310 320 330 340
Viscosity×102 (grams per cm. per sec.) 32.0 29.5 27.0 25.0 23.0 21.5 20.5 19.0 18.0
The vapour pressure of bismuth trichloride has been determined, and the boiling point is 447° C. The heat of vaporisation is 18,000 gram-calories per mole. The vapour density (air = l) is 11.35, the calculated vapour density being 10.89.
A band spectrum of the vapour of bismuth trichloride has been observed in the region between the wavelengths 4300 A. and 5500 A. The emitter appears to be BiCl; the bands are degraded towards the longer wavelengths, and isotropic effects (due to chlorine) have been observed.
Bismuth trichloride sublimes without decomposition in an atmosphere of carbon dioxide; in air, however, a portion only sublimes unaltered, the remainder being converted into non-volatile, colourless, mica-like leaflets of bismuth oxychloride.
It will dissolve in hydrochloric acid, alcohol, acetone, liquid ammonia, and to a slight extent in liquid hydrogen sulphide. The solution in acetone behaves like an aqueous solution towards many reagents, and the solution in hydrogen sulphide does not conduct electricity.
The absorption spectrum of very dilute solutions (N/10,000) of bismuth trichloride in hydrochloric acid is characterised by a very strong selective action; a deep band with its head at λ = 3250 A. is prominent. Similar solutions of arsenic trichloride and antimony trichloride show general absorption only. The Raman spectrum of a solution of bismuth trichloride in hydrochloric acid consists of four lines, the fourth of which is exceptionally strong.
The heat of formation of the trichloride from the elements is 90,630 gram-calories per mole.
In addition to the reactions given, reduction may be carried out by passing the vapour of the trichloride over magnesium heated to the melting point; metallic bismuth is precipitated.
The trichloride is deliquescent, and is decomposed by water forming bismuth oxy chloride; with excess of water the reaction is complete, whilst it is hindered by the presence of hydrochloric acid or alkali chlorides.
No reaction takes place when bismuth trichloride is heated with sulphur monochloride or chromyl chloride.
Bismuth trichloride reacts immediately with liquid hydrogen sulphide, even at low temperatures, forming an orange-red solid, which, after drying in a desiccator over sulphuric acid, has the formula BiSCl.BiCl3.
The trichloride reacts with hydrogen sulphide in the dry way with the formation of bismuth thiochloride, BiSCl. Bismuth thiophosphate, BiPS4, is formed by the action of phosphorus pentasulphide.
When heated in nitric oxide, bismuth trichloride forms a yellow crystalline substance BiCl3.NO, which is decomposed by water. This substance can be melted in a sealed tube without decomposition, and is very hygroscopic. Bismuth trichloride also absorbs nitrogen peroxide at the ordinary temperature, forming a yellow mass of the composition BiCl3.NO2, stable in dry air. At higher temperatures this is oxidised, but it does not evolve nitrogen peroxide in vacuo. In moist air it is decomposed with evolution of nitrogen peroxide, while water converts it to bismuthyl chloride with a violent evolution of gas. Nitrosyl chloride reacts violently with bismuth trichloride at the ordinary temperature, and from the resulting solution the compound BiCl3.NOCl separates as an orange-coloured powder, which is deliquescent and decomposed by water.
The trichloride is converted into trioxide on heating with mercuric oxide. It will react with carbon compounds in a manner similar to ferric chloride; it will dissolve in many hydrocarbons, but on heating it is possibly reduced to the dichloride.
Investigation of the hydrolytic dissociation of bismuth trichloride shows that in the reaction
BiCl3 + H2O = BiOCl + 2HCl
the ratio BiCl3/[HCl]2 remains constant for a considerable range of temperature, but tends to increase somewhat at high concentrations. The presence of alkali chlorides, and more particularly alkali bromides, reduces the extent of dissociation, while alkali nitrates have a smaller influence. Sodium sulphate is practically without influence on the hydrolysis. The effect of increase of temperature is to reduce the amount of dissociation. From a study of the system Bi2O3-HCl-H2O (see tables) it appears that in certain solutions bismuthyl chloride is the stable phase, in others bismuthyl hydroxide; in the presence of alkali the solid phase BiOCl is quantitatively converted into the hydroxide BiO.OH. From measurements of the concentrations of the ions H+, Cl- and Bi3+ in hydrochloric acid solution saturated with bismuthyl chloride it has been shown that the reaction
Bi3+ + H2O + Cl- ⇔ BiOCl + 2H+
obeys the law of mass action.
By dissolving bismuth trioxide in excess of hydrochloric acid and evaporating the solution, fine needle-shaped crystals of hydrated bismuth trichloride, BiCl3.2H2O, are deposited. When water is saturated with bismuth trichloride and hydrochloric acid at 20° C. and cooled to 0° C., crystals are deposited which have the composition 2BiCl3.HCl.3H2O. These crystals are stable at the ordinary temperature.
Chlorobismuthous Acid
Bismuth trichloride is very soluble in concentrated hydrochloric acid, and there are indications of the formation of a double compound; from measurements of the electrical conductivity of solutions of bismuth trichloride in aqueous hydrochloric acid the composition of this acid would appear to be either HBiCl4 or H2BiCl5, while investigations using solutions of bismuthyl chloride in hydrochloric acid (see table) indicate that H2BiCl5 predominates when excess of the acid is present in dilute solution, while HBiCl4 predominates in more concentrated solution with a lower concentration of acid.
Equilibrium in the system Bi2O3-HCl-H2O
Solubility at 18° C. (Moles per 100 moles Water).
HCl. Bi2O3. Solid Phase.
0.71 0.0018 BiOCl
0.74 0.0021
Solubility (Grams per 100 grams Saturated Solution).
At 25° C At 30° C.
HCl Bi2O3. Solid Phase. HCl Bi2O3. Solid Phase.
2.50 0.6 BiOCl 2.40 0.60 BiOCl.H2O
4.22 2.60 BiOCl 5.69 5.35 BiOCl.H2O
10.68 11.40 BiOCl 13.02 14.52 BiOCl.H2O
30.23 50.74 BiOCl 32.80 56.00 BiOCl
33.67 58.72 BiCl3 33.00 58.50 BiCl3.2H2O
35.14 58.59 BiCl3 33.80 56.60 BiCl3 + BiCl3.2H2O
34.90 56.25 BiCl3
35.90 55.9 BiCl3.HCl
Solubility of Bismuth chloride in hydrochloride acid at 25° C
(Gram.atoms per 1000 grams Water.)
Chlorine Content Bismuth Content. Hydrogen Content (calc.). Chlorine Content. Bismuth Content. Hydrogen Content (calc.).
0.3477 0.00130 0.3438 1.2270 0.1177 0.8746
0.5221 0.00869 0.4960 1.6235 0.2025 1.016
0.9125 0.05936 0.7343 5.325 1.100 2.025
The true nature of these compounds has not yet been fully ascertained. From physical investigations it is inferred that the complex may conform to one of the following two formulae:
Organic compounds corresponding to both of these have been prepared. From the examination of substituted ammonium compounds of chloro-bismuthous acid it appears possible that three types of organic compounds may exist, to which have been allotted the following names and general formulae:
Hexachlorobismuthites, [NH3R]3[BiCl6];
μ-Dichloro-octachloro-dibismuthites, [NHR3]4[Bi2Cl10];
μ-Trichloro-hexachloro-dibismuthites, [NH3R]3[Bi2Cl9].
The elucidation of the constitution of these compounds is, however, rendered extremely difficult owing to their instability in aqueous solutions.
Chlorobismuthites
Bismuth trichloride forms a number of complex or double salts with alkali chlorides; some of these are described below. With lithium chloride is obtained the compound 2LiCl.BiCl3. With sodium chloride the compound NaCl.BiCl3.3H2O is formed as a deliquescent substance crystallising in needles; other sodium compounds that have been described are 2NaCl.BiCl3.2H2O and 2NaCl.BiCl3. With potassium chloride the following compounds are said to exist: 2KCl.BiCl3.2H2O, KCl.BiCl3.H2O and KCl.BiCl3.2H2O. The rubidium compounds RbCl.BiCl3.H2O and RbCl.BiCl3 have been described; also the caesium compounds 3CsCl.2BiCl3 and 3CsCl.BiCl3. With thallium chloride the compounds 3TlCl.BiCl3 and 6TlCl.BiCl3 have been obtained, both in the form of large, thin, colourless plates. Mixed halogen compounds of bismuth chloride and potassium halides have also been described, among them being KBr.KCl.BiCl3, 2KBr.BiCl3.
The following compounds with ammonium chloride have been described: The hydrate 2NH4Cl.BiCl3.2H2O forms crystals of the rhombic system, isomorphous with those of the corresponding bromide and those of the potassium double salt; the anhydrous salt forms double six-sided pyramids, and is isomorphous with the corresponding antimony compound. The compound 3NH4Cl.BiCl3 forms large, tabular crystals of the rhombic system. Another compound, to which the formula 5NH4Cl.2BiCl3 has been given, is probably formed as one of the products when a solution containing equimolecular proportions of ammonium chloride and bismuth trichloride is crystallised (the other product being 2NH4Cl.BiCl3, described above); this compound forms fine, tabular crystals of the rhombohedral system.
A systematic investigation of the compounds of bismuth trichloride with chlorides of bivalent metals revealed the following types of compounds: (1) BiCl3.M''Cl2, corresponding with the series BiCl3.2M'Cl (where M' is an alkali metal); salts of this type are regarded as derivatives of pentachlorobismuthous acid, H2[BiCl5]. The following have been examined: BiCl3.MgCl2.8H2O, stout, rectangular plates; BiCl3.BaCl2.4H2O, rhombic plates; BiCl3.CoCl2.6H2O, pale red prisms; BiCl3.NiCl2.6H2O, green needles. (2) 2BiCl3.M''Cl2, corresponding to the series BiCl3.M'Cl (where M' is an alkali metal); salts of this type are regarded as derivatives of tetrachlorobismuthous acid, H[BiCl4]. The following have been examined: 2BiCl3.CaCl2.7H2O, colourless needles; 2BiCl3.SrCl2.7H2O, stout needles; 2BiCl3.BaCl2.5H2O, slender needles. (3) 4BiCl3.M''Cl2, corresponding with the series 2BiCl3.M'Cl (where M' is an alkali metal); salts of this type are regarded as derivatives of heptachlorodibismuthous acid, H[Bi2Cl7]. The following have been examined: 4BiCl3.MgCl2.16H2O, six-sided leaflets; 4BiCl3.SrCl2.12H2O, six-sided leaflets; 4BiCl3.MnCl2.12H2O, flesh-coloured, six-sided plates; 4BiCl3.FeCl2.12H2O, faintly yellowish-red plates; 4BiCl3.CoCl2.12H2O, red, six-sided plates; 4BiCl3.NiCl2.12H2O, pale green, six-sided plates.
Ammoniates
It has long been known that bismuth trichloride absorbs ammonia when heated gently in its presence, the reaction yielding one easily volatile addition compound, BiCl3.3NH3, and two non-volatile compounds, 2BiCl3.NH3 and BiCl3.2NH3.BiCl3.3NH3 is a colourless substance which volatilises in a current of ammonia; when acted upon by hydrogen chloride it yields the double compound 3NH4Cl.BiCl3.2BiCl3.NH3 is a red, moderately stable substance which can be melted and crystallised by solidification, but which is attacked by moisture; with hydrogen chloride it forms nearly colourless, deliquescent needles of the double compound NH4Cl.2BiCl3. The third compound, BiCl3.2NH3, is difficult to obtain pure, usually being mixed with 2BiCl3.NH3. It is a greenish-grey substance, and its composition is deduced from the fact that with hydrogen chloride it forms the compound 2NH4Cl.BiCl3.
With organic bases, bismuth trichloride forms many crystalline complexes.
Attempts to obtain a higher chloride of bismuth by the action of chlorine on molten bismuth trichloride, or by passing chlorine over a heated mixture of bismuthyl chloride and charcoal, have been unsuccessful.


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package cmd

import (
	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
	"log"
	"os"
	"shifter/lib"
	"shifter/openshift"
)

// clusterExportCmd represents the clusterExport command
var clusterConvertCmd = &cobra.Command{
	Use:   "convert",
	Short: "Convert all OpenShift resources from a namepace from the OpenShift cluster.",
	Long: `Convert takes all the resources from a OpenShift cluster endpoint and converts them to the desired output format on your local disk or GCS bucket.

Examples:
	Convert all resources from a given namespace into yaml files:
	shifter cluster -e $CLUSTER_ENDPOINT -t $BEARER_TOKEN convert -n $NAMESPACE -o yaml ./output/directory/path

	Convert all resources from all namespaces into yaml files:
	shifter cluster -e $CLUSTER_ENDPOINT -t $BEARER_TOKEN convert --all-namespaces -o yaml ./output/directory/path
`,
	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
		log.Println("\033[31m" + `
   _____ __    _ ______
  / ___// /_  (_) __/ /____  _____
  \__ \/ __ \/ / /_/ __/ _ \/ ___/
 ___/ / / / / / __/ /_/  __/ /
/____/_/ /_/_/_/  \__/\___/_/

----------------------------------------
` + "\033[0m")

		if len(args) != 1 {
			lib.CLog("error", "Please specify the destination path")
			os.Exit(1)
		}

		outputPath = args[0]

		lib.CLog("info", "Connecting to cluster: "+endpoint)
		lib.CLog("info", "Converting cluster resources.")
		procflags := ProcFlags(pFlags)

		var openshift openshift.Openshift
		openshift.Endpoint = endpoint
		openshift.AuthToken = bearertoken

		// Convert OpenShift Resources
		err := openshift.ConvertNSResources(namespace, procflags, outputPath)
		if err != nil {
			lib.CLog("error", "Converting cluster resources", err)
			os.Exit(1)
		}
		lib.CLog("info", "Conversion Complete")
	},
}

func init() {
	clusterCmd.AddCommand(clusterConvertCmd)

	clusterConvertCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&namespace, "namespace", "n", "", "Namespace or Project")
	clusterConvertCmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&allnamespaces, "all-namespaces", "", false, "All Namespaces or Projects")
	clusterConvertCmd.Flags().StringP("output-format", "o", "yaml", "Output format")

	clusterConvertCmd.MarkFlagRequired("output-format")
	clusterConvertCmd.MarkFlagsMutuallyExclusive("namespace", "all-namespaces")

	clusterConvertCmd.Flags().StringSliceVarP(&pFlags, "pflags", "p", []string{}, "Flags passed to the processor")
}


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Add a "System.Http" reference to the Gadgeteer project.
– Create a Timer to execute code at regular interval.
When the network adpater network address change, update the status of the connection.
Each time the timer event is fired, we create a web API call to get the desired state of the LED.
When the button is pushed, we make an web API call to update the state of the LED on the server.
Congratulation, you made it \o/ Open the web site on any smartphone, tablet or PC. The Switch button should light on/off your device .
For those who want to go a little further and enhance this very simplistic example, I'll give you some improvement ideas.